Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1896 — Page 2

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Grand Baoids & Indiana Railroad Took effect November 24, 1895 GOING NORTH. STATIONS. ; No. 1 No. 3 j No. 5 No. 7 Cincinnati..Jvei igfem »Wm ■ Richmcnd ..... 3 30pm 1199 - • 11 — -Winchester.... 434 .. 12 00 .. 12 2eam Decatur 16 12.. 14»„ 13; ••• Ft Wayne...arrl 6t» • . •' <» •• *lu •• ...ivel 255 pm 220.. 815 am Kendallville 400.. 3 14.. 920.. Rome City 41} • • 826 ... 945 . Valentine 4 33 • - •••• • ”7 • ■ LaGrange ... 4 4-.. 348.. 2011. Sturgte.’.'.’.’.?.'.’. Iw 7 4067. "10 40 7 Vicksburg i i '!!!•-•• J',’?" Hnn” Kalamazoo, arr 1• • 212 ••ii !1 ' “ ,IV€ i2oam 7<5 .. 5 20.. 1210 pm Gt. Rapids;. arr ; ' 915 .. 5 50amr 200 .. “ “ .. 1-V6 ... i i 735 .. 2 05.. D., G.H. &M. cr 750 .. 220 .. Howard City ....... 3 25. - Big Rapids 942 .. 41- .. Reed City. ■ ■ 10 15.. 450 .. Cadii.ac arr.. »»»>.. osft-. Traverse City 130 pm % j Kalkaska •_•■•■ •««'. s Petoskey ... 3 la.. ■•■Twji'f’ Mackinac Citv 4 35,. ,1p3.i... _—_ > = ; r- s t GOING SOUTH; STATIONS, j No. 2 No. 6 ] No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City.' 9 00pm! 8 05am! Daily Petoskey 10 30 .. i 9 30 Kalkaska 113 48am; 11 28 Traverse City. , i 1110 ■Cadillac....arr! 2 3i.. 110 pm ~ •• .1ve24'1.. 13a 7 am . Reed City i 345 .. 245 850 .. Big Rapids 418 .. 3lu ~.. 9 20. Howard City.. 5 IT. .. 400 10 15 .. D., G.H. & M.er 630,.. 500 11 20 .. Gr. Rapids .arr 645'.. 5 15.. 11 40.. 11 35.. “ <* ..ive 725 am 600 200pm Kalamazoo.arr 920 .. 752 .. 135 .. 345 . “ ..ive 9 25.. 800 3 50.. Vicksburg..... 9 4m.- 825 -- --;2 .... 4 15. - - Sturgis.. 1040.. 912 ..... '5'6.. Lima 1054 LaGrange ... . 1107 .. 936 529 .. .Valentine 1118.. 944 . 5 37.. Wolcottville... 11 30 .. 9 54.. No. 4 546.. Rome City 1136.. 9 59.. ex cp t 5.51.. Kendallville... 1150.. 101(i.. Sftnd’y 6 09.. Ft. Wayne..arr 1255 .. 11 25.. 715.. “ “ ..ive 115 pm 1145 am .545 am Decatur 1 59.. 12 36.. 630 Portland 3 00.. I 10am 730 Winchester.... 3 44.. 225.. 8 09.. Richmond 4 45,. 3 20.. 9;ispro , Cincinnati 725 ; 715 .. 12 01 _ Trains 2 and 4 run daily -etweeu Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent _ JEFF. BRFSON Agent, Decatur Ind Might Be. When lie asked for her hand, she re...plied: “No, George; my heart is quite at your service^-but I think 1 had better keep my hand myself. It might'lJe’usp- - fnl to me in case you couldn’t support me; you ■kpt)V-. x: ■‘■“Boston-TrnTrscriptT"“” 1 ’ During the days, when armor was heaviest the cavalry was the slow moving army of -the service, all movements requiring celerity bemg executed by in"Mantry. _ j‘

Erul Lines. Schedule In eflect Nov., 10.1895 Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TWAINS WEST. N 0.5, Vestibule Limited, daily for I p M Chicago - ( i..w r. m No. 3, Pacific Express, dally fori M Chicago .' f ’ No. 1. Express, daily except Sun- F IS: 10 P. M day for Chicago. I No. 31. Local, daily, except .Sun-l 10 ;i - A M day I TRAINS RAST. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, daily for I R . nK p M New York aud Boston ( °’ No. 2, Express, daily except Sun-1 „. nn p day for New York f No. 12. Express, daily for New ; y No. 30/Local, daily except Sun-, dav 110:35 A.M. Through coaches and sleeping cars to New York and Boston. Trains 1 and 2 stop at pl stations on the C.> afaE, di vision. w 'l’rain No. 12 carries tbanugh Bleeping cars to fiejHmbus, Tirclevill, Chiliicathe Waverly Portsmouth. Ironton and Kenova, via Colum bus Hocking Valley & Toledo and Norfolk & Western Lines. <• J. W. DeLonGc Agent, w. G. Mac Edwards T P A. Huntington. (ILOVBK LEAF TIME. WESTBOUND. No- 3 5:00 a. m. No. 1 1:30 p. in. No. 5 '... .8:33 p. m. No. 23, local Height. t ... fcf.9:4o a. m. E AST BO UN O. No. 2 ...12:15 p. in, No. 6 .... ......5:36 a. m. No. 4 .7:08 p. in. No. 22, local freight 1:30 p. m. - ‘ » ; Dancing Mice. -■ There have been found in Japan some mice that have been The subject of a good deal of zoological discussion. These creatures are white and black as ajruio,' but some have shadings of brown and .pale yellow". When the baby mouse first begins to walk, it exhibits the tendency ' that characterizes this- peculiar breed. After moving a short distance it begins; to turn round and round, increasing in ■rapidity until jt spins almost like a top. ::.This- wait zing, -for it is nothing else, amounts to a mad dissipation, being kept up for some minutes without stopping. Tliere will then be a pause of a few seconds, when the dance begins again. These eneatures waltz almost all uigrit, sk r’jniig in the daytime. Some*' -tiiniw fhev_d;mtm in. conplea, whirling around amt 'keeping t}ie most perfect 1 -time. Thr43A-4tf .i’ourJmya-bijp.n. known tn dance together, two /forming an inner circle and the others ckancing around the outside. The smallness\f the cixcle they take may be. imagined''iroin the fact that they will spin for hohrs under an ordinary tumbler with but\irief inter* vals of rest.—New York Ledger, ~

| HOW TO GET BONDS I Secretary Carlisle Issues a Circular to Prospective Bidders. ‘ FULL INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN. ' Gold Uertifleatm Will B» Received the Same M Gold Coin—CenMderattea of the i Bond Bill Prevented by Mr. Stewart. Senator Baker’s Resolution Respecting ! the Monroe Doctrine. I Washington, Jan. 10.—Secretary Car- ' lisle yesterday issued a circular letter of , instructions to persons intending to sub 1 scribe for the new loan. The circular ' will be sent to all persons applying for [ blank forms of proposals,which are now ! ready for distribution. The following ' is the text of the circular: In subscribing for the new 4 per cent i bonds under the circular of Jan. fl, 1896, i the annexed form should be followed. The , i blank may lie detached, filled up and addressed to the secretary of the treasury. The subscriber should state plainly the amount of Itonds desired, the price which I he proposes to pay and the place where the l>onds should be delivered, whiqh may he the subscriber’s home or any’other con venrent place. He should at the same time state whether he desires to deposit the amount of his subscription at tbfr treasury department in the city of Washington or at one of the following subtreasuries, viz: New York, Boston. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Loins, Xew Orleans or San Francisco. Deposits at San Francisco must be with exchange on New York. The bonds will lie issuedin the follow ing denominations: Coupon bonds, SSO. SIOO, SSOO and $1,000: registered bonds SSO, SIOO, SSOO, SI,OOO, $5,000 and SIO,OOO. Subscribers should, if practicable, state in their proposals the denominations of the bonds desired, and whether they should lx? coupon or registered: but if at the time of offering the subscript ion the kind apd denomination of the bonds desired cannot be stated, the subscriber may defer giving ■ that information until he is notified that , his proposal is accepted. Gold certificates will be received the same-as gold coin in payment of subscrip tions, but no payment, should be made by any subscriber until he has been notified by the secretary that his subscription has been accepted. Envelopes should be. plainly marked, “Proposals for 4 per cent bonds.” • SENATE TROC EEDINOS. Mr. Baker (Kan.) Offers a New Interpretation of tile Monroe Doctrine. Washington, Jan. 10.—The debate on the senate free coinage substitute for the house bond bill was again postpon d yesterday owing to the. intervention of Sir. Stewart, the Nevada Populist, who insisted upon making a speech in favor , of the Elkins resolution, as amended by <j iRNw i.■ Mi wWw !\ \ _ SENATOR EAKINS. the Butler amendment, to prohibit the further sale of bonds except by the express consent of congress. The free coinage substitute was called up at the conclusion of “Mr. Stewart’s speech and now has the right-of-way so that the debate upon it can be postponed no longer. Air. Stewart’s speech predicted the failure of the popular loan proposition of the adirfinistration; intimated that the loan had already been underwritten by the gold syndicate; reitosated the ’ senator’s well known free silver views and concluded with an appeal for the financial as well as the political independence of the United States. In the morning hour Air. Baker introduced a resolution somewhat expanding the Alonroe doctrine, and made a Speech in favor of its adoption as a formal and unequivocal declaration of <itn- policy with reference to the western hemisphere. The resolution is as follows: Resolved, That the United. States will regard it as an urifrierfdly act for any foreign power, without our consent, by war, treaty, pu - chase or otherwise, to extend its territoral limits in the western hemisphere, on either of the American continents, or over any of the islands adjacent thereto, which this country deems necessary for its self-preservation. And the United States reserves the right to be the sole judge of the necessity for the maintenance of its national entities. “That the principle therein is founded on the law of self-preservation, which, from necessity, adheres in and belongs to every ptviHzed-natnm as a-sover-eign and' inalienable right, and this prin--eipledwittested farewi-11 address and President, Monroe's ever memorable message of Dee-2, 1823. Brief Session of tlie House. There was but a brief session of the nouseyesterday, no business ot import--1 aiice being transacted. The pension apI propria tions bill ° was reported/ calling ' tor $141,3^,820 b and Secretary Carlisle sent a letter transmitting estimates of deficiencies in .appropriations amountingl to $4,343,450 required to iiieet ttrgbiit demands ot the government for the servjce of the current and prior fiscal years. COMMITTEE IN A DILEMMA. Senator Jones <vf Wv.ula In Favor of a Duty on WASHINGTON*. Jan,; +O.--The "Senate finance quimnittee failed to meet yesterday r 4iotwbtoUaiidipg tlic iijstrimt.ion of Wednesday’s caucus, because it . covered that Senator Jones (Nev.) would not act with the-Republican members of the committee in reporting the bill without an’amendment providing for a duty »n sugar. The Republicans of the comtnjttee are in the minoi-ity without Air.

— ■■■■" 1 Jones. He takes the position that M the people of the Pacific coast are largely interested in the beet sugar industry any tariff bill passed should provide for the protection of this interest. If he maintains this position and the Republican caucus dm* not reverse its instructions, it will bo necesaay to report the bill adversely, if at all. KxaiaianHena Ta Indinnn. Washington, Jan. td.—The civil service commission has issued a schedule of examinations for government service during the first six months of the present year. Examinations will be held in Indiana as follows: Indianapolis, April 8; Evansville, April 8, and Fort Wayne, May 4. A special railway examination will bo held at Indianapolis April 7. For Postmaster at NappaneeWashington, Jan. 10.—Among the nominations sent to the senate yesterday was that of John W. Brown, to be postmaster at Nappanee, Ind. | — EARTHQUAKES IN PERSIA. Several Town* Destroyed by Hie Shock* i ami Hundreds of People Killed. Teheran, Persia, Jan. 10.—Twoearthquakes have occurred in the district of Khalkhal, the first on the night of Jan. 2. Upon that occasion the large village of Janjabad was destroyed, several others were partially destroyed and 800 persons wore killed. The second earthquake occurred during the morning of Jan. 5 and was very severe. It was felt over an area of 1 (XI miles. The town of Goi was destroyed and 1,000 houses were demolished. In addition great damage was done to many villages. The loss of life was very great. There were 800 persons killed in Goi alone and largo numbers of cattle and sheep also per- . ished. | The town of Goi Or Khoi was one of I the best laid out towns of Persia in its modern quarter. The p milation numbered about 30,000, including many Armenians, who occupied a separate quarter of the city. The district of Khalkhal. in which the earthquake waves seem to have done the most damage. is in the province of Azerbijan, in I the extreme northwestern imrtion of Persia, immediately adjoining the province of Van in Armenia. MANUFACTURERS TO MEET. May Ask Congress to Fritablisl* a Secretaryship of Mannlacturvs. Chicago, Jan. 10.—Some of the ques- ' tions to be considered at the second an- 1 nual meeting of the National Afanufacturer’s association, to be held in this city begining Jan. 22, are of national . importance. Among them is that of tiiti establishment of a nonportisan board of with full authority to tariff measures regulating im- ; ports for a period of years, and to take j such matters out of the domain of partisan politics. The convention will also consider the question of asking congress to establish as a cabinet position a secretary of manufactures. Went Into a Bear’s Den. Prescott, Mich., Jan. 10.—Thomas Farnsworth, aged 18, was attracted to an animal's den by the, barking of his dog. Expecting to find a coon or some other harmless beast, he boldly entered. ■ A ferocious bear immediately sprang at him, tearing his clothing off and slight- ; ly injuring him. Young Farnsworth's, father and another man, hearing his cries, came just in time to save his lit:, riddling the bear with bullets. The carcass weighs 580 pounds. Fullman’s Youngest Daughter to Marry. New York, Jan. 10.—A local paper says: A piece of news will be made public on Sunday next through the Chicago papers. It is the ei%agement' of Miss Florence Pullman, youngest ( daughter of the sleeping car magnate, ! and Frank O. Lowden, a young lawyer ; and member of the Chicago bar. The date of the wedding has not been decided upon. Young Man Kills llix Brother. Anderson, S. C., Jan. 10. — William Harrison, a young white man, shot his elder brother, Anderson Harrison, in the head with a doublebarreled shotgun yesterday and inflicted a fatal wound. The affair was provoked by a severe whipping that Anderson had given his brother a few minutes before the tragedy occurred. Rockfor<l’» Furniture Season. Rockford,.llls., Jan. 10.—The furniture season oi cue many kockiohi companies opened yesterday and the indications are that there will be a large numberof buyershere.. from ont jqL town for the next .two months. This city is recognized as one of the important furniture manufacturing points of the west. Assigns After Forty Years. Cincinnati, Jan. 10.—James P, Raymond, manufacturer of bags, assigned yesterday to Edwitrd Ritchie. Assets and liabilities each $20,000. Raymond has manufactured bags here for 40 years. BRIEF MENTION. FiTst LlciitenanT Swift of• ’the Ninth eavalry, stationed at Fort Robinson, Neb., committed suicide yesterday-by shooting llilHsclf. The boiler of a torpedo boat on Lake Maggojre, Italy, exploded yesterday, sinking the vessel and drowning 12 people, who were on board of her. The t-rensury_yesterdjiy lost $200,000 in gold coin an«F bars, leaving the true amount, of the reserve $57,715,820.. Nodeposits o! gold were received. K B. Wight, correspondent of the Ohicago Inti-r-lJeeaii, 'and for.,matiy years a prominent newspaper man in Washington, died yesterday of heart failufe. A Chicago jury awarded #50,000 damages to little Jessie Krueger, the Oyear-ohl daughter of an umbrella mem'li-r of that city, who had her leg cut 0 oil by a cable car. J A summons for 'ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio has beeh sent to Butler county to appear before the grand jury in the supposeiLcase.qf bribery by a member of the last Ohio legislature. - . Bartley, Johnson & Co., wholesale whisky dealers, and the Belle of Nelson Distilling company made assignments at Louisville yesterday. Arrangements have been made to reorganize the distilling company.

— '-''.t' I —‘ 11 BOND BILL COMES UP Senator Jones of Arkansas Opens the Discussion For the Silverites. WANTS CLOTURE IN THE SENATE. Seaater Margaw Offlers a Resalatlaa Caagratulating l*nMiid«at Kruger—iketeto Over the Adoption of Rales by the HeOM—Wanted to Curtail the Speaker’s Power—Armorplate Don’t Stand the Test. Washington, Jan. 11. —The debate on the senate free coinage substitute for the house bond bill was opened yesterday by Senator Jones of Arkansas iuji two hour’s speeflh, which was followed with close attention by senators on both sides of the chamber. Mr. Jones took strong grounds hi favor of the free and independent coinage of silver, contendi ing that was the only method by which the distress in the country could be alleviated and the treasury depiu-tment relieved from present dependence upon the speculative holders of gold.. There was no reply to Mr. Jones’ argument yesterday, but the debate will be resumed when the senate meets again on Monday. During the morning hour Air. Pritchard (Rep., N. 0.) made a speech in favor of the re-enactment of the McKinley law, and Air. White (Dem., Cal.) made some remarks in favor of amending the rules of the senate so as to give the majority the power to bring a measI ure to a vote whenever it saw fit. ' Mr. Morgan, the former chairman of the committee on foreign relations, offered a resolution, which was referred without debate, conveying the congratulations of congress to President Kruger of the Transvaal republic. Hoiwe DiM-UHM-H New Rules. * The house gave its time ,yesterday to discussion of the proposed amendments of the rules of the Fifty-first congress, which were provisionally adopted early in the session to govern this house. Two interesting discussions relieved the monotony of the technical debate. One was precipitated by Ah’. Walker of Massachusetts, chairman of the committee on banking and currency, who 1 made a fight against the proposition to 1 drop his committee from the list of committees privileged to report bills to the house at any time. A partisan debate resulted, in,which Mr. Walker was supported by the Democrats and a Republican contingent, which included many free silver men. The last congress liad added the committees on banking and currency ;md on ! coinage, weights and measures to the privileged list, but the committee on rules decided not to alter the. list of the Fifty-first Congress, which did not include them. Mr. Walker failed to carry his point. Mr. Hepbarn of lowa inspired the * second discussion by an amendment to i direct the speaker to recognize any member who addressed him when no other- member was on the floqr, and i spoke against the gr >w ing power given by the rales to the speaker. He withdrew his proiKisitjon, however, after a speech by Mr. Bell (Pop., Colo.), who I claimed that it would secure for the Populist members the recognition of which he ch. med they were deprived. The, discussion of tho rules- was notfinished. HOIJSR TARIFF BILL. Senate Finanee Committee Unable to Decide on a Report. Washington, Jan. 11.—The. members of the senate finance committee seem i undecided as to the position of the reve- • nue tariff bill. Senator Sherman yes- ' terday expressed the opinion that the committee would be. authorized to report the bill without a further meeting, but other Republican members of the committee say that such is not they understanding, and the Democrats also say they have not agreed that a report should be made. Senator Jones of Nevada also told other senators that he was still disposed to insist upon a duty on sugar. If he, maintains that position it appears probable- that the report may be postponed for some time. Senator Allison of the committee left for his home yesterday to be' absent 10 days and Senator Aldrich is also absent. Armorplate J'roA-s Defective. -Washington, Jan. 11. —A second test has been made at the Indian Head proving grounds of s-iiicli steelplate repre-. sentiug the armor of the lowa and Brooklyn.' On the first test several days ago the plate, was broken at one end into three pieces. The second test was on the remaining end, and this, too, was shattered. , Another' plate will be tried about 10 days, hence, and if this proves defective the' entire lot of amor will be rejected. Board of Trade Cuban Resolutions. Washington, Jan. 11. —All the members of the Indiana delegation received copies -of—the - n-s< >lut ions of sympa thy for Cuba adopted recently by the Indianapolis board of trade. Congi’esman Het try represented the resolution as a memorial in. the house yesterday. Yeriterday’s VYiWidrawals. Washington, Jan. 11. —The treasury yesterday lost $1,620,000’ In gold, ,otwhich $1,250,000 was forexport. This leaves the true, amount of the gold reserve $56,100,164. St. Louis Will Bld .*40,000. St. Louis, Jan. IK—The business men’s league yesterday secured an additional $20,000 for the national Democratic conyention fund, which now aggiegates $40,000. Tljrec more pledges were received hero yesterday, aud.when 1 the first ballot is taken .St. JjQiiisAdll“htive at toast nine vltbS- ®ie delegation from this city will leave for Washington tomorrow night. Battle Creek. Mich., Jan. Jl.—Pilot Medium, the ceiel rated stallion owned ,by Walter Clark of'this city and valued at SIOO,OOO, died suddenly yesterday of Inflammation of the bowels. “ .'' i '

—= ; I CMBIMTIAN union. Scrm*B Delivered •« SFcbrletla* Uhurcb Laat Nuaday Kvenla* by ’ Hev. ■. F. Vaugbaa. “And there (ball be one fold and oae shepherd.” John 16:1*. * Chriatlan union ie a very popular theme and ' he who epeake on ihie aubject ie aureofa popular theme at leaat. All ohrhUan bodtea are working at the aubjeet and at the different conventlona of the varloue religloua bodlea I I during laat summer the dtaouealon of the aub- ' ject was.very common and widespread. Hardily any religious body of any consequence hsa failed to put Inaelf on record as favoring Cbr a ian union. The rapid growth and spread nf the Christian Endeavor society and tho kindred organ!xitlona. tho Y M and Y W C A are but evidences of the prevalence of a snn'iment favoring Christian union. This sentiment la of comparatively recent growth and belongs to the latter half ot this century. It is rightly, called a Sentiment as there Is not yet the depth and strength to the movement to entitle It to be called a spirit. Various plans have been proposed for union but no definite action has yet beqn taken looking to t'he organic union of God's people, the plans nearly all out the only possible bn?i» for union. In the midst of tills sentbqont in favor of Christian union we need to Is it deslrable? IfTt is not desirable we should set our faces avalnst it and if it is desirable wc should 1 do all in onr pewer to promote the growth of the sentiment. '■, Christian union fa certainly not desirable if the present divided state ot the religious world is a desirable one We need though to carefully consider this divided state of Christendom to see whether or not it is a destrgblc state. There is absolutely nothing in this divided state that makes it a desirable one to any pefr son anxious about the cause of therellgion oA Christ. On the other hand there are disad-\ > vantages that flow from it that make It one \ of the worst hindrances to the spread of the ' iroanel of Christ that operates in the work! V todftv. If “doubtis devil born.” the spirit of division and dissension is its twin brother. This divided state of Christendom operates as a most effectual bar to the progress of Chris- ( tianlty today. Viewed from a business standi point forces at work in favor of Christianity are most foolishly expended and he would not be called a shrewd business man who - wntiid conduct a gigantic enterprise of any kind as the cause of the gospel of Christ is conducted by H is followers. We need but to observe the of the spirit that keens the Christian people of Decatur from uniting intoone church to see the pernicious effects of fostering t.he cause of ' separate religious parties and yet Decatur is 1 much above the average city of its size in the amountof fellow-ship and union existing bo- ; I ween the different religious bodies. In Decatur there are seven Protestant churches worshiping in as many different houses and of these there are but two that enroll over one 'I hundred active working members. The entire enrollment pf these seven churches I* perhaps nbouk J3W and these persons worship in houses that will aggregate in value perhaps sV>.o'() and pay for pastors' salaries about 15.DP0 per year. These are not munificent sums by any means but they are the sums expended in the prosecution of the work of . Christianity to produce the resuits that are now produced. Let us see then if from a purely business standpoint there would be , advantages gained by Christian union heie !■ Decatur. Were the 134.000 now invested in , church propertv invested in a single church building, it could be made sufficiently large to accomodate all the church population of D catur. besides furnishing rooms for libarles reading rooms, a gymnasium, etc., and would •thus enable the Church of Christ at Decatur to compote more effectually with the saloon ’ for the lives and souls of the young men ot our city than it can in its pYesent divided con' dltlon. With the Js,tki() a year paid to the pastors of Decatur, a pastor could be secured with enough assistants to free him other pastoral duties except that of preaching the Word which is the greatest need of christendom today- With but one church in Decatur the work along all of the lines of 4 Christian activity eoiiid be greatly improved, and what is true of Decatur is true of every comtrninity in christendom. There are many communities-where the gospel Is not support- , cd because there are not enough of one religion* party to support a church and.they cinnot unite on any one of the churches., represented Christian vnion from n purely business standpoint ie certainly to be desired. But there are’better reasons even than bnsi-. ness considerations that make it desirable. Wete the churches of Christ, one in name and in fact, it would present a very different aspect to the world and would have quite a different standing in its conflict with the sin of the world. Rut it is desireable for a higher and better reason than either of these and that is. that it was meant by Christ. To make the present divided condition of the Christian church consistent with tlie will of Christ is to make him one of the worst bunglers the world has ever seen. But it is not His will that His church should be so divided or lie never would have prayed the prayer recorded in John 17. • But is Christian union practicable, or did christ prav for something that wouldn’t work in the world? history of the church proves that union is praetcable as does the partial unipn now extant prove it to be practicable. But what is to be khc basis of this union? What is there that will bind into one the more or less conflicting religious bodies now in evistenoe? This basis of union must be a divine one-and approved of God. it must be organic, doctrinal and spiritual. It must.be organic, for any union not organic is one only in name, It must be doctrinal for the chris4ion system is based upon _a doctrine., simiile..— though this doctrine may bo. It must be spiritual for the kingdom of Christ was to be , a spiritual kingdom. In the creed “Jesus is the Christ, of» * God,” we have a divine basis for organic - union, which is the centra) fundamental ’ truth of the Christian religion. A doctrinal ■inion is to lie realized only by rejecting the counce.ls and creeds of men as rules of iftith and practice and accepting only the word of v God as such a rule: Pitch a basis of union in the light, of Eph. 4:4-ti .is a divinely.dootrinal one and not sanction the multiplicity of creeds and church parties. i. The'spiritual basis of union is to be found in the love of God and man which should dominate the life of every follower of Christ. When these three things shall prevail in the 1 world to the unifying of"the now disorganized and divided forces of christendomJhaprayer - "■ of the fhivlor will be answered and His popple will all be one in deed and in truth. « . in..— Had to Pay Security Debts,' Noblesvej.e, Ind., Jan. 13.— , S.™Wlieislerr a prominent" liwmOT;’"fiis made an assignment to his brother, George W. Wheeler. Tho cause of the , assignment is security debts. The J assets are about SIO,OOO, which will more than cover liabilities. - . ‘ . ..J-. ■- ■ ' ' -> r*